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Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2025
June
2026
July
2026
Aug.
2026
Sept.
2026(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2026 -
Sept. 2026(p)
Sept.
2025
June
2026
July
2026
Aug.
2026
Sept.
2026(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2026 -
Sept. 2026(p)

Total

356 340 337 363 313 -50 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

261 279 274 302 250 -52 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

1 1 1 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Construction

9 12 10 18 23 5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Manufacturing

20 23 17 18 20 2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Durable goods

12 17 9 10 14 4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Nondurable goods

8 6 8 8 6 -2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

47 57 65 74 27 -47 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.2

Wholesale trade

9 3 5 6 7 1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Retail trade

25 42 43 53 13 -40 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 -0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

13 12 16 15 7 -8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Information

6 3 3 10 7 -3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 -0.1

Financial activities

34 39 23 22 17 -5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

Finance and insurance

25 30 16 15 12 -3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

8 10 7 7 5 -2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Professional and business services

72 49 57 72 73 1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

Private education and health services

49 66 64 45 55 10 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Private educational services

12 6 5 6 6 0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Health care and social assistance

37 61 59 39 49 10 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

16 22 24 32 18 -14 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3 4 4 5 5 0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Accommodation and food services

13 18 20 27 13 -14 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Other services

8 7 11 10 10 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Government

95 61 63 61 62 1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

Federal

46 10 11 10 10 0 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local

49 51 52 51 52 1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1

State and local education

21 24 24 22 27 5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local, excluding education

27 26 28 29 25 -4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

56 53 67 65 50 -15 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

131 156 145 120 120 0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Midwest

63 56 57 61 62 1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

106 75 68 118 80 -38 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: November 03, 2026